2023

2023-10-03 METNO model upgrade

The METNO has changed the model from WAM to WAVEWATCHIII version 6.07 since 0Z run on   More information can be found in  Model upgrades#METNO

2023-01-16 NZMS model upgrade

The NZMS model has been upgraded to a new version with the resolution changed to 0.1 degrees and the lead time length increased to +180 hours  as per Model upgrades#NZMS

2022

2022-11-22 FTP change

 The access details to the FTP with actual monthly match-up (collocation) data of observations and forecasts as well as the original raw observations data, has been changed as per the information in the related page Data

2022-08-17 BoM model upgrade

A new single model configuration (AUSWAVE-G3) has replaced the legacy global (AUSWAVE-G) and regional (AUSWAVE-R) systems since   This upgrade includes incorporating the latest version of Wavewatch III® (WW3) - version 6.0.7.  Newly the runs at 6 and 18 UTC are provided too but with shorter forecast length (up to +156 hours). More information can be found in  Model upgrades#BoM

2021

2021-11-11 METNO model upgrade

The METNO model has been upgraded to WAM code Cycle 4.7 since the 12Z run on   More information can be found in  Model upgrades#METNO

2021-03-23 NCEP model upgrade

The NCEP model has been upgraded to a new version with the resolution changed to 0.25 degrees and the lead time length increased to +384 hours as per Model upgrades#NCEP

2020

2020-09-28 NIWA 12Z runs added

Apart from 0Z runs NIWA has started contributing 12Z model outputs too since the 24th September 2020 onwards.

2020-09-14 NZMS model upgrade

The NZMS model has been upgraded to a new version with the resolution changed to 0.25 degrees and the lead time length increased to +168 hours as per Model upgrades#NZMS

2020-03-13 LOPS regular data processing start

The production archiving of LOPS model outputs has started from the 11th March 2020 onwards.

2020-03-05 NZMS regular data processing start

The production archiving of NZMS model outputs has started from the 4th March 2020 onwards.

2019

2019-12-10 METNO regular data processing start

The production archiving of METNO model outputs has started from the 6th December 2019 onwards.

2019-08-07 LC-WFV history page

The history page showing the data available for LC-WFV archive from each centre has been added.

2019-05-22 Current project status

(as per the Progress status)

Data processing

  • 14 model outputs archived operationally
  • 1 test model outputs in good progress
  • 3 remaining datasets from 18 expected  without any test data yet

Verification

  • 7 models verified operationally (2-3 months of regular data provision needed  to compute scores from more recently added datasets)

2019-05-22 NCEP regular data processing start

The production archiving of NCEP model outputs has started from the 15th May 2019 onwards.

2019-04-03 NIWA regular data processing start

The production archiving of NIWA model outputs has started from the 12th March 2019 onwards.

2019-03-28 PRTOS regular data processing start

The production archiving of PRTOS model outputs has started from the 28th March 2019 onwards.

2019-03-27 Meteo-France regular data processing start

The production archiving of Meteo-France global model outputs has started from the 1th January 2019 onwards.

2018

2018-12-04 BoM regular data processing start

The production archiving of BoM global model outputs has started from the 27th November 2018 onwards.

2018-11-14 Current project status

(as per the Progress status)

Data processing

  • 9 model outputs archived operationally
  • 3 more test model outputs in good progress
  • 6 remaining datasets from 18 expected  without any test data yet

Verification

  • 2 models verified operationally (2-3 months of regular data provision needed  to compute scores from more recently added datasets)

2018-11-14 DMI regular data processing start

The production archiving  of DMI data has started from the 10th November 2018 onwards.

2018-11-02 ECCC regular data processing start

The production archiving  of ECCC data has started from the 2nd November 2018 onwards.

2018-10-26 UKMO regular data processing start

The production archiving  of UKMO data has started from the 25th September 2018 onwards.

2018-10-01 SHNSM regular data processing start

The production archiving  of SHNSM data has started from the 5th September 2018 onwards.

2018-09-10 DWD regular data processing start

The production archiving  of DWD data has started from the 30th August 2018 onwards.

2018-09-05 KMA regular data processing start

The production archiving  of KMA data has started from the 30th August 2018 onwards.

2018-08-31 First verification results published

First model intercomparison plots have been put on the LC-WFV page, showing JMA, METEOAM, and ECMWF scores.

2018-06-12 JMA regular data processing start

The production archiving  of JMA data has started from the 5th June 2018 onwards.

2018-05-08 ECMWF regular data processing start

The production archiving of ECMWF data has started from  the 1st February 2018 onwards.

2018-05-01 METEOAM regular data processing start

The MARS was updated for LC-WFV data archiving. The first dataset being routinely archived is METEOAM ( from the run on the 7th February 2018 onwards).

2018-02-07 METEOAM data acquisition

The full data from METEOAM has been regularly provided since the 7th of February 2018.

2018-02-01 ECMWF data acquisition

The full data from ECMWF has been regularly provided since the 1st of February 2018.